赤毛のアン 第十二章

CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise(10)

原文
"How are you?"

"I am well in body although considerable rumpled up in spirit, thank you ma'am," said Anne gravely. Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper, "There wasn't anything startling in that, was there, Marilla?"

Diana was sitting on the sofa, reading a book which she dropped when the callers entered. She was a very pretty little girl, with her mother's black eyes and hair, and rosy cheeks, and the merry expression which was her inheritance from her father.

語彙など
  • rumple up:クシャクシャにする
  • gravely:おごそかに
  • aside:わきへ
  • audible whisper:聞こえるささやき
  • startle:びっくりさせる
  • caller:訪問者
  • merry:快活な
  • expression:表情
  • inheritance:受け継いだもの